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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHA Lt. —(THIi DAY.) LIBEL. BOURNS V. WARREN AND OTHERS. When this cause was called on, Mr. Gurney stated he was concerned for the plaintiff both in it, and in the next, which was Bourke v. Cl ements, t h at t h ey were both acti ons against newspapers; that there was no justi fication put on the record in the first cause, but there was in the second, and that therefore, if the Counsel on the other side would permit it, he would prefer haring the second cause tried first. Mr. SCARLETT refused to accede to this, and therefore, Mr. PLATT opened the pleadinfs in the first cause. Mr. GURNEY stated the case. Fhe complaint the plain tiff had to make was, that the defendants had published in their:newspaper, a libel on him, by imputing that he was the author of a letter written to the master of an appren tice, who had charged an individual with a heinous offence, 4 ml offering a reward to the party to forego the prosecution. In the month of August, 1825, a person named Lane had gone before the magistrate, at Marlborough -street office, and made the charge against a person, whose name was then unknown. In a few days afterwards, the individual was taken into custody, examined, and committed. His name was Muirhead. Lane, the person who gare the charge, being an apprentice and minor, his master, Mr. Spilsbury, entered into security for his appearance at the Sessions. Soon afterwards Spilsbury received a letter signed .1. Evans, and dated at 29, Northumberland -street, t Strand, in September, 1825, w hi c h state d t h at hi s (Spils °tufa) apprentice was the only p erson w h o h a d c h arged, or could give evidence against, Muirhead; that he was an old man of 78 years ; that it was a pity to expose him; that the boy might abscond or enlist, an d t h ere b y d o away w i th the necessity of appearing against Muirhead; and that if he would do .so, and he (Mr. S.) were to aid in accomplish ing this, the writer of the letter would be met with out of town, at a place to be named, and pay 500/. as a reward for the boy s not appearing against Muirhead. By some means or other No. 29, Northumberland-street, Strand, was not. Occupied by Evaiii, hut by Mr. Harnett, an attor ney of this Court. About this time Lane did leave his master, and enlisted into the East India Company's ser- Vi ce;„,, he was a f terwar d s ta k en i n t o custo d y , b roug h t to the Police. Office, detained for a month, and, in fact, brought forward as a witness against Muirhead. ' When Mr. Spilsbury came forward also, enquiry was made about this letter, which he produced, and gave to Mr. Roe, the Magistrate, who preserved it. It should seem (con tinued M. GURNEY) that in the present day whatever posses'at the police o ffi ces is to be publi s h e d i n t h e pu b l i c akers, whether it be or not libellous on the characters of ; and sometimes it was to be apprehended that charges , were made, not with any view to enquiry or public justice, but for the sake of libelling, and then those libels got into the Papers, as had been intended, It seemed, too , that Mr. Harnett, a t a subsequent p er i o d, went to the Police-office, and com pl a i ne d t h at the publi cation of thi s l etter was really libellous on him, for that he v Al at No. 29, Northumberland-street ; but that be had been Ito party to the writing of the letter. So me enquiry further was made about the letter and Mr. Harnet t and a Mr. Edmonds, who was a reporter for another News- Paper, were both accused of being the authors of thus letter supposed to have come from Mr. Bourke. Mr. Bourke was a gentleman of education, and of a very re spectable family, but not choosing to be a burthen on them, he had become a reporter at one of the police ("cis. By some means or other having become ob soxione to those two gentlemen, they had attempted to saddl e liiin with being the author of this letter, and there fore wrote a letter to the Magistrate, imputing that Mr. B. 148 the author of it; and under pretence of reporting what passed in the office, the defendants in their news- Paper l published that letter, altho ug h i t was not rea d pub elY. They got possession of it by other means than by 1 g ti being made a public transaction i n the o ffi ce, and there fore they imag ined they could report it accurately.. In stead however, of putting in Mr. B.'s name they intro duced a numbe r of stars, but still every person knew that Mr. B. was dents the person meant. It would afford the defen rri s no defenc e to say, that either Mr. Harnett or Mr. Ed ....ends, or both had accused Mr.B. with being the author. They had th eughtProper to put nojustification on the record, not' Only wtshed theybad, for then he wouldhave shown, Only that Mr. B. was not the write r, .. but who was the writer o e i t t h o • Haring put no justification on the re cord, . did was not • pretend to say that what they had published not false --they did net attempt to contend that the Plaintiff was the author of that infamous letter to Spilsbury, the way, and ofreri w it h a view to get the witness out o f n g five hundred pounds as the reward of effecting it. " ° I I , I Y question on the whole, consequently for the Jury ii:ovtiether the letter complained of did apply to the plain ,,,ll,!Md if it did, whether it was or was not libellous ? If it g li P a l t 'lled to him there could not be a doubt of its libellous welj r.ei The gentlem en o f the Jury would no doubt weigh l o , h ', d e evidenc e to b e b roug h t b e f ore t h em , an d awar d u foul i mputation merited. The follo wing is the letter alleged to be the libel : FABRICATED LETTER. Hr " To the Magistrates of th e P u bli c Off ice , Great Marlborough 'Wei °lll n aPPlYing at th e Of fi ce yesterday, my object was to the 1 you an un equ i voca l d ec l arat i on , t h at I w a s not estew::t of the fabricate) letter of which Mr. Harnett Protteti" You, Gentlemen, wh o a re as much bound to rtfu,ed innocent as t o b r i ng t h e gu il ty to p un i s hment, t oe . do Inc an act of j us ti ce; an d t h e only alternative I now 11. 1 .4 6 it t° state, that • 1; • • • is the person accused by Mr. eor t ii 4 . If the f a b r i cat i on o f that document be an offence, ac %Nat° the law of England, and if you think proper to issne Wit4o.SPlAlit • • • • a. , and summonses for the attendance of wi t i, 71 mai app o i nt a t i me for the investigation, I am prepared incm "'exio to-sustain the charge. If you do not institute an nit, will scree n th e gu il ty , an d deprive me of an opportu hil. 11; 161 Y vindicating myself from a transaction so disgrace ., c the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient, p "%; Oct. lt, 1825. E. EDMONDS." thatrower examined by Mr. PLATT—The plaintiff' to"1.:_ attended in September, 1825, at Marlbo treet I is 50 WI ; I : t e4 :l 3 4 u ee n s' Its reporter for the Times; thinks tsporter. °. `vn by the name of the Time: Cross-examined by "Mr. SCAR that office as reporter for the . knew that Bourke was reporter iii tl:r.Witness attended f ong Herald, wl!ereby Times, as they ii to relieve and assist each otheorrhoe, le tter l in ques- L appeared first in. the Times; I took tLentetter written ltnlS'Pllshury from the office, with the COIN ittatheMir.edCo -4 /the Magistrate, and got printed slips of it the fe e t: t Ts, and sent , them to the di ff erent newspap e r s ; r7r.Wes attached to a report of the proceedin gs at the office yri.tten by Mr. Bourke ; Bourke and myself were not 111 exact- Partnership, but we accommodated each other, each e9y to our respective papers, Bourke to the Timei, ktning Advertiser, and Poat, I to the other morning IQ7 I . Mr. Conant, the Magistrate, authorised the pub atql, of the letter against the will of Mr. Spilsbury ; I do 140 'w to mr knowledge that Bourke had revised a ma -04411)t copy of the letter from Mr. Crowde sayhepul o f the Ledger; did not tell Crowder to (if any 'llqUired who was the author of the letter) that it was 1411.1 f ak but told him to say that h e b rou gh t i t t h ere , m- C lop 's Zthat Boutin, had received that l etter b ac k ' from 'Apt. On examined by Mr. GURNEY... 4 a m printer su fe krusher of the Imes; Bourke was in th e h a bi t o f 417,,z41111C that Paper with Police Reports from Marlbo ?"street. ram— Nava ---.7sarninect by Mr. S CARLETT--They pay three-half at te a., l ine for reports ; Bourke reports for them, yet n o t ag ' , ged wages. Qa ta Ito, net .ank, examined by Mr. PLATT--I am chief con 147,:laitti,Marlborough-street ; a person named Charles B. u In formation at that office in August 1825, before lo o k t rantl it being after the clerk had left the office, I I I ", l ifirar lludian ;—(he then produced the infcirma •ed accused Wn i of a . person, whose name was then m oll UTUlRtnial °Fence) in consequence thereof a person named Muirhead was brought to that office, and Lane gave evidence in support of the information. The CHIEF JUSTICE here observed, that as that evi dence• had been reduced to writing, it should be produced. Mr. PURNRY said, that the warrant would supply its place. • The warrant was accordingly produced by the jailor of Tothill-fields Bridewell, by virtue of which he had taken Mr. Muirhead into prison. Mr. Spilsbury's recognizances were also produced by a clerk from the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, to identify Spilsbni'y with the pro secution. Mr. Spilsbury, examined by Mr. PLATT—Received the letter now produced in September 1825, a few days after I had entered into the recognizances. The letter which contained the subject matter of the libel was then read.— Mr. Scarlett, with whom was Mr. Pollock, took some'ob jections from a variance in the letter and the declaration,— but they were overruled by the Chief Justice. Mr. Spilsbury examined by Mr. SCARLETT—Never gave a copy of that letter for publication. Mr. Alridge, a clerk in the R e cord O ffi c e , p ro d uce d a roll to show that Mr. Harnett was an attorney. Mr. Mallison attended from the newspaper office, So merset-place, and produced two numbers of the Courier, dated the 13th and 14th of October, 1825, to prove that the defendants were proprietors of that paper, but Mr. Scarlett admitted the proprietory. The Courier of the 26th September, 1825, was then produced, and the clerk read from it a Marlborough-street report, stating what Mr. Harnett had said at that office respecting the letter signed Evans, and accusing a certain police reporter of fabricating it to injure him, as it had been dated from his house, and there was no person of the name of Evans there. Mr. Plank produced a letter, which had been given to him by a Mr. Edmonds, a reporter for the Morning Chronick, dated 'Oct. 18, 1825, directed to the Magistrates. The letter was then read. It accused the Magistrates of partiality in shutting him out of the office on suspicion of having written a letter, with which he had nothing to do; and offering to prove, by satisfactory evidence, that the letter in question had been fabricated by the Times reporter.. Mr. Plank, cross-examined by Mr. SCARLETT—Edmonds had been refused admittance into the office previous to the receipt of this letter, by the order of the Magistrates, who assigned no reason for excluding him--.I had no reason to suppose that Edmonds had been suspected of being the author of the letter to Spilsbury. The Courier, of the 14th of October, 1825, was now produced, and Mr. Edmonds's letter to the Magistrates read from it, in which stars were substituted for the Times Reporter. Examination of Mr. Plank resumed—.l thought that the stars in the letter were meant for the plaintiff, the Times Reporter. Cross-examined by Mr. ScsamerT.—Understood at the cap, that Bourke was the Times reporter ; do not know Power to be so ; was present when Mr. Harnett applied at the office, who de manded a copy of the letter to Spilsbury, which the magistrate. refused ; but desired him to write the two or three first lines of the letter, to chew whether it was in his hand writing or not. ' Harnett did so, and said he despised the suspicion. Thera were several reporters present during the time, but could not say that Bourke had been there. Harnett was afterwards allowed to take a copy of the letter, but he did not make a full copy. Mr. Roe, one of the Magistrates of the Police Office, Marl borough-street, examined by Mr. GURNEY.--Remembered having read a letter now produced, from Mr. Edmonds, it was not read publicly in the office. I did not allow any person to take a copy of it, though it had been represented in the Chronicle of the next day, as a part of the proceedings in the office. After I had read the letter, I sent an answer by the officer. Examined by Mr. Scanlan-I.—Edmonds had been dismissed from the office for different reasons, from that of being suspected of fabricating the letter to Spilsbury. [On reacting the letter from Edmonds, he could not take ou himself to say that the stars were meant to represent the plaintiff.l' Knows that Bourke bad been Reporter for the Timer, in consequence of his having made application for letters to the Magistrates, subsequently to this transaction, in order to redeem his character from the imputation cast on it. Mr. Purse, a silversmith, in the Strand, examined by Mr. PLATT.--Knows that Bourke was meant by the stars, in the letter from Edmonds. Mr. Roe re-examined by Mr. Scar'ea.—Recollected Mr. Harnett applying to see the letter, in order to compare the hand writing with some other manuscript. I gave - him permission. Mr. - Se Afturrt addressed the Jury on behalf of the plaintiffs. He thought they must have been satisfied by this time that this was not a question between Mr. Bourke and the editor of the Cpsettier newspaper, hut between two rival reporters, namely, Mr. Bourke and Mr. Edmonds. He wished to set the case properly On its legs, that the Jury might fully understand its merits. They were assembled to try, not whether the editor and proprietors of the Courier had published a libel against a person whom it did not appear they had ever known or heard of before, but to decide upon some little quarrel between the two reporters. Nobody could doubt, after having heard the evidence of Mr. Roe, and the letter written to him, that the object of Mr. Edmond's, was to obtain a public declaration from the Office, that he was not the person suspected to be the author of the letter to Spilshury, and that failing to obtain that declaration, he had made a report of his own letter. The Editor of the Courier, with a caution more thin usual, and probably more than necessary, had omitted inserting one single word in the publication of the letter, that could fasten an imputation on Bourke, or any man under the sun, and yet this had been called a libel ! In coming to a conclusion of the case, Mr. Scarlett had not the slightest doubt that the Jury *mild have to say this was no libel, and therefore give .a verdict for the defendants, If, upon any transaction that passed 'at a Police Office, founded upon an iusulated fact, a Reporter was to be at liberty to build a story, and think ;himself justified in publishing it, he (Mr. S.) begged to ask if a Reporter was to be the only man in Christendom to be protected against such an offence ? Was there one law for him, and another for all the rest of mankind ? If the disposition was to exist that now did exist, to bring every matter, private an well as public, and every character, both private and public, before the 'public tribunal, as it was called, and to make ivate matters the rause of deep and lasting private sorrow, by holding them up to public ridicule, the last person on earth to complain of such a course was the reporter at a Police-office. Mr. Gurney himself had admitted, that, in his opinion, the practice had gone to such an extent as to hare been productive of the most painful effects; yet Mr. Bourke was to be at liberty to say he would report the most private affairs that could ever take place between man an d wife, if at any time there happened to be the least opportunity of his getting a clue to them, even though all the Judges in the land were to tell him, that to, do so was improper, and that it could answer no useful purpose hut do j harm ; but if his name was to happen to share the fate of being tossed before the public, he.was, to be at liberty to say that that name was so sacred, that it shciuld not be so dealt with, Surely Mr. B. ought to'have his own law administered to him; surely he ought to be content to take what he was in the habit of giving? The Jury would, no doubt,' remember the old proverb of ' the kettle and the pot ; and was it for the kettle to bring an action against the pot, and to RCCUSO it of being too black in a certain part ? (Loud laughter.) The Jury could not hear a person who was daily in the habit of inflicting wrongs (but which lie did not call wrongs), on individuals, Hay, that he was to be at liberty to continue doing so, hut that others were not to inflict such wrongs on him. Let the hangman be ex ecuted en his own gibbet. He should have the laW laid down to him that he had laid down to others, and' Mr. S. was anxious to know on what ground it was, that the plaintiff contended he was to he at lib erty to a ff ect t h e characters of any persons whatever, by his reports, and yet, wherever his name was glanced at, he was to say —r' why, God bless me, I am so notorious, m Y name is so well known, and the public have such a regard for tne and for my three halfpenny line reports, that no man is to be suffered to make use of my name, or to attack my character in Edito rs of Newspapers that there were, he (Mr. S.) wished sin any way !" O ut o f res pect to the many,r!spectshle ear* that he could persons they em lo p ersuad e l I of their reports, but ac cording of flee iei z e i r t of the case, and the education and respecta bility the m l t e o no ado , pt the . rule r. of paying the eerding to th a _P p,no t b would save him and hisitw(Laughter. ) For his own part, ked e m o i, looked .earned Friends !-- passed at Police offices, but ha .wtaidd: much reading the adoption of this rule, ipte the , offs of what of Newipaperi per sonaa do 50, if he only thought th e . Editors tending there to get infe r however, a rem taste in the ion of what did pass. information of and educationertowaast: the Editors paid in at the rate of three a line for col . lecting that stuff. Re w ould „ a world now for trash, and therefore halfpence , e marked by the verdict of the J sent' one of the most extraordin ary as a ease of libel' it would pre. red ; but he submitted clearly y' if the present case were to b a!y4anornalles 'that had ever occur common seise and decency to say that The CUM` JUSTICE, in summing up t i t would be contrary to all this a l i bel. I that the effect of the libel, was to up -th e evidence, observed offence of writing a letter to a Mr. Pitseh to lone is, person the doing Some injury to Mr. llarnett , - 111 ', with a view of , accusi ng - bi n s of doing what he ought not to have done. If the ' jury Were satisfied that the phtintiff WM the peon UMW W h "49 doubt attithrl to L~ 1: 1 _. • . • an ir verdict. Any person T - slo saw the (anginal letter, written by Mr. Edmonds, most feel convinced that the plaintiff was meant; as the Times RepOrter, who 4 .'1 - o i :there, but it ip not so expressed in the publication, /Cul,. instead of Times Reporter, asterisks are substituted. However, 'Mr. Purse has naorii that he knew from these asterisks that it was the plaintiff iViVe Meant. If the Jury were satisfied that Heinle was meant by the stars, he was entitled AO 'their verdict. The next question would be as to damages. He could not agree with Mr. Scarlett that because the plaintiff was a Police Reporter he was not entitled to consideration. His Lordship's wish was, that justice should be administered impartially to all his Majesty's subjects. Under all these circumstances, it was for the Jury to consider whether a verdict should be for the plaintiff in damages. The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the de fendants, which excited much surprise in the Court, it being con trary to the tendency of his Loidshipie charge. EOUVAK V. CLZIIF.NT. Mr. PLATT opened the pleadings,anclilr. GURNEY stated the ease, which was in words and substance similar to the last, it being an action against the Proprietor of the Morning Chronicle and Belts Life in London, for having published in these Papers the same report, for which the action had been brought against the Proprietors of the Courier, with this difference, that it appeared Arid in the Chronicle, and the plaintiff's name was given at length, instead of the stars in BelPs Life in London. The defendant pleaded a justification. The proprietory and other facts of the case, as proved on the former trial, were admitted, so that evidence on behalf of the plain tiff was dispensed with. Mr. Rol, examined by Mr. Scaatzrt.—Rernembered Ed anonde having been excluded from the Office, and applying to me to know what was the cause of his expulsion ; cannot recollect that Edmonds had complained that the Times reporter had given such an account of his expulsion a s m i g h t i nduce ot h ers t o b e li eve h e h a d beenahut out on suspicion of fabricating the letters to Spilebury ; did not hear Mr. Harriet say thathe exonerated the reporter for the Chronicle and the New Times, fSout any share iu the letter. Edmonds has not been to the office since. Mr. Harnett charged the reporter of the Times with the fabri cation of the letter, in a private communication to witness, in the office. Mr. ScaaLarr then addressed the Jury for the defendant, and observed, that the connecting the Morning Chronicle with Bell's Life in London, caused much perplexity. The libel which has appeared in the Morning Chronicle was exactly the same as that for which the Jury had just given a verdict to the Courier for. Ile could not but admire the dexterity of Mr. Garrity in offering to have this case tried Ant, whereby the person meant should be clearly proved, and having strong reason to suspect that no evi dence would be produced on behalf of the defendant. He said that he could establish the innocence of the plaintiff, by producing the author of the letter to Spilsbury,— yet there has been no evidence to show who the author of that letter was. The only subject of libel in Bell's Lift in London way a paragraph, stating that Mr. Harnett had called at Marlbo rough-street Police Office, and there publicly exonerated the Re porters of the Chrimiele and New Times from fabricating the letter in question, and said that he suspected the Reporter for the Times of having done it. By the showing of the plaintiff, it would appear, that if any one publishes a statement of a person coining to a Police Office, and there expressing his suspicion of an other person having written a calumnious letter, it should be deemed a libel, lie would not now:enter into the abstract question, whether such publications redound to public utility or not, but he would wish to know whether it was to the advantage of the press or the public, that statements of occurrences at Police offices should be deemed a libel? The Learned Counsel here indulged in a long dissertation on the liberty of the press, and observed, that the examples of Athens and Rome, showed that its licentiousness had in alt ages proved the instruments of its destruction. He did not mean to say, as his Lordship had interpreted his former address, that reporters were not entitled to consideration, and that they ought to be protected from attacks on their character ; but when they come to such a place as this, they ought to be prepared to chew malice, and not consider themselves calumniated, merely be cause others were exonerated. It was natural for Mr. Edmonds to suspect that he had been shut out from the police-office, on ac count of his being suspected of fabricating the letter in question, ' as it had happened at the time, and the Magistrates had refused to assign any reason for his exclusion; and lie was partly justified in writing the letters to the Magistrates, excstl pating himself. The direct accusation of the reporter for the Times was confined to the magistrates in the office; and with respect to the stare, it did not appear that the public understood whom they represented ; indeed, a member of the Eccentrics (Mr. Purse) suspected it, because he knew that there hail been some ill blood between the plaintiff and Mr. flonett. Upon the whale, he hoped that the Jury, so far from givinidarnages, would give a similar verdict to the last; and, thirdly, let reporters know the ab surdity of bringing actions on such feeble grounds. The CH; zr JUUTICZ laddtvseed the jury, and observed, that with respect to the Morning Chronicle he would not trouble them with any remarks, as eleven of the Jury were in the box on the last trial, which was for the same matter. With respect to the Bell's Life in London, the Times reporter was substituted for the stare. lf the Jury were of opinion that the plaintiff was known to many persons as the Timer reporter, lie was no doubt entitled to their verdict, for, in his Lordship's opinion, the pub lication was a libel. The Jury returned a verdict for the defendant. DUEL.---A duel was fought on Wednesday morn ing on Finchley Common, between Mr. C—m —r, and a Captain in the Army. The , ground being mea sured, the parties fired, when the Captain received the ball of his antagonist in the thigh. It was skilfully extracted by the Surgeon, and the parties proceeded to town immediately. THE WAKEFIELDS.--Writs of levari ficias have issued from the Courts of Exchequer; for enforcing payment of the amount of recognizance.% forfeited at the last Lancaster assizes, by the flight of William Wakefield from justice. It will be remembered that the bail were, Mr. Cuthbert, of Broadstairs, in Kent, for 1,5001. and Dr. Davies, of this town, for 500/. The sheriff's warrant, for levying the amount forfeited by the latter gentleman, was put in execution on Thursday last.—Maccleffield Courier. MR. POOLE AND MR. ELLisTorr.—We are au thorised to state, that in consequence of an ample apo logy having been made by Mr. Elliston for' the out rage upon Mr. Poole, at Vauxhall-gardens 4 on the evening of Friday, the 21st July last, the prosecution for such proceeding, now pending against Mr. Ellis ton, at the Surrey Sessions, will be withdrawn. A rich proprietor of Bourdeaux is said to have sent over to Egypt for several camels, for the purpose of training them to draw on his estates. HOSPITALITY OF AN INN-ititsPEß.---The Duke de Montebello, and the two French Gentlemen who accompanied him, and his servant, stopped at ** **'s Inn,' at Ballinaslde, for three flights. The charge for each bed for each night, for the three Gentl emen , was only twenty-seven shillings each, and for th e servant only fifteen shillings ; and altogether, upon remon strance being . had . witlillie,lnn-keeper, he agreed to knock eight guineas off` the hotel bill.--Connaught Journal. A correspondent informs us, that on looking over a great file of th e ,Leicester Journal for 1750, a b out w hi c h z'eas Editor ito dreart wa s si time th e p aper was establisherdio,dso, tlat t of new s -matter at that period, compelled t o h ave recourse to the Bibl e to " help him out, and actually extracted the first chapt er o f Gene sis, and so con t inue d the extracts i n t h e succeeding Numbers as far as the 10th chapter of Exodus I The journal above alluded to was then printed in London, and sent down to Leicester for publication. One of the English wits at Brussels, who continues to live there on a com modity which kept him very taper here, was lately offered a bet by one of his more opulent countrymen, which, as his father's patrimony denied the indulg ence , h e was obli ge d to shirk by means of his mother wit. i, Wh at at odd s w ill you 'bet i me ?" said he, ,6 T wo to one,' was the re ly—..tl a sovereign to ten shilli ngs ." " What I" cried e, t , do you cal that odds ? I never knew a sovereign worth t e n shillings I Independent of that, your odds are the oddest odds I ever heard of: for it is nothing more nor less than asking me to bet you two crowns to one." —I3OA Herald. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.—(Tuis DAY.) IUILDHALL, WESTMINSTER, William Williams • Thomas Barret, and Charles Be ye, were indicted for attempting to break open die stop of Mr. Goodhugh, jeweller, Regent's Quadrant, on the 18th August last. It appeared that on the above night the prisoners, who are well known, were observed standing close together by the shutters of the above shop ; they were taken by some of the patrol, and on examination the shutters were found to have been attempted, and the bar nearly forced out of the fastenings. On searching the prisoners they found a jemmy and some skeleton keys on Wil liams, and a black canvas bag in the hat of Reeve. When first discovered, they endeavoured to escape, anti several burglarious implements were found on the road they had taken. Mr. PHILLIPS contended for the prisoners, that the evidence was not sufficient to convict, and called' two respectable witnesses to the character of Reeve. The Jary found them all Guilty, and the Court sentenced Williams to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour, and the other two to six months each. John Crowley was indicted for assaulting Matthew Farmer, a constable, in Dean's-yard, Westminster, on the 12th of this month. Mr. Pnmues stated, that the mother of the prisoner had told him that he was an idiot, but it was very necessary for the safety of the public that such a man should be taken care of. On the above day be wee performing a trick certainly no ways indicative of idiotoy, that of trying to extort a shilling for holding a horse a few minutes, and on the constable interfering, he struck him most violently. His offences in this way were very numerous, and the prosecutor did not so much wish to 'punish him for past offences, as to prevent his annoyance in future. Matthew Farmer deposed, that the prisoner struck bim so hard that his hat flew one way and his head another. Witness had taken him up 13 times for similar offence'. He was as strong as six men. The prisoner's mother interceded for him, and describing him unable to protect himselt; earnestly begged for his reeeptiou into the workhouse. lie was found guilty, and ordered for three months to Cot Bath Fields. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ARYLEB ONE. —(Trus DAY. ) A wretched looking woman, named .Agnatr Armstrong, was charged with stealing a gown, two handkerchiefs, and other arti cles, which were found on her person in Chapel-street, at seven o'clock this morning.—Case remanded for further enquiry. PUBLIC SALES—(This DAY.) By Messrs. FARIBROTHEA, WILSON, and LYZ, at Garraway's— A valuable long Leasehold Estate, consisting of two pleasant and well-arranged residences, situate Nos. 3 and 4, in Brudenel-place, New North Road, Islington—sold for 6901. By Mr. FAILEBROTHER.—A very valuable and important Free hold Estate, consisting of the Manor of Chitterne, with quit rents (amounting to 17/. per annum,) heriots, &c., with several eligible Farms, and substantial and roomy 'farm-houses, yards, stabling, barns, and all suitable agricultural buildings; and upwards of 3,470 acres of water meadow, pasture, arable, and down lands, in the Parishes of Chitterne All Saints, and Chitterne St. Mary's, lying within a ring fenee, (except one close) and now in the occu pation of respectable yearly tenants, (except about 140 acres, granted by leases or copy of court roll) the whole being of the estimated value of nearly 3,000/. per annum.—Sold for 84,500/. GROSVENOR-PLACE, PIMLICO, WARD MEETING. A Meeting of the inhabitants of the out ward of the Parish of Saint George, Hanover-square, was held yes terday, at the Gun Tavern, Pimlico, to consider the pro priety of petitioning Parliament, for the repeal of parts of a local Act, lately passed, whereby the expense of paving, lighting, cleansing, repairing, &c. Grosvenor-place, is to be defrayed, not by the parish at large, but by the Out . Ward. After a long uninteresting debate, the meeting came to the resolution, that the petition should be pre sented by the Members for Westminster. COVENT GARDEN. A new Comedy entitled " The Green-room," in two nets, was performed on 'Wednesday night at this Th ea tre , . for the first time. R e p o rt ass i gns i t to Kenny, and if so, it is not altogether what might have been expected from the pen of so practised a dramatist. The plot, of which by the bye there is little or nothing, turns upon the in trigues of an actress, Mrs. Carmine (Mrs. Gibbs) who has somehow or other contrived to fascinate a silly young Baronet, Sir Peregrine Quixote, (Mr. Farrel)) and persuade him that she is a widow of fortune. The manoeuvre, however, is discovered by the Baro net's unexpected appearance behind the . scenes of the theatre, where she is en gage d as actress. This intro duces us to the Green-room, and, consequently to the tricks and contrivances of the stage, some of which are hit off with infinite whim and spirit. Among others, the absurdities (in themselves, enough to fill a volume) of that over-rated actor Macready, are given with a very happy adherence to truth ; he is introduced as " a high tragedy" actor—which he is not--and " as a man of conceit," which he is, and is made to give his opi nion upon dramatic performances pretty .much as Tom Fool, in the scarce old. comedy of Mother Bunch, vo lunteers his judgment upon (what he facetiously calls) " things in general." Whether or not, the Managers have done wise in thus exposing the secrets of the Green-room, they are themselves the best judges ; We can only add, that the representation of them was as amusing, as we have no doubt, it is true. Mademoiselle Brocard, the dancer, sports one of the most dashing equipages in Paris. Ihe inamo rate who a pays the piper," is the son dim En glish Moves. The design for the new United Service Club House, which is to be erected on a part of the site of the Palace in Pall-mall, is understood to he of the most elegant description, and his Majesty has graciously in timated his intention of presenting the beautiful Por tico, which forms,the grand entrance, to the 141 embers of the Club. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--Yesterday, the 19th instant, at St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Right Rev. the .Lord Bishop of Sodor and Mann, Henry Murray, Esq. youngest son of the late Lord George Murray, and nephew to his Grace the Duke of Athol', to Catherine Otway Cave, third daughter of the late Henry, Otway, Lsq. of Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, and Castle Otway, in Ireland. ACCIDENT AT THE PosT-Orricg.—Mr. Pea cock, the Solicitor to the Post-Office, has, since the late accident, been unremitting in his endeavours to obtain some explanation from the individuals who so incautiously sent the nitrate of silver inclosed in the letter, the stamping of which caused the explosion, 4s before detailed. On Monday the Solicitor Rite an interview with the persons we have eluded t o , an d it appears that the letter was sent by Mr. I Jones a l 1 as ford, Mr. Allen sistant to Mr. Morgan, chemist, of Wo o d of Benn e tt-street, L am b et h . to a Mr. Allen, having occasion for some fulminating mercury to be 2 to perfection a superior description of percussion 111' gull, an d not being able to obtain it in London, sent cousin, Mr. Jones, at Woodford, for it, and the to " containing the mercury was in consequence it letter sent by post. Mr. eacock wrote a letter 'cautiously Jones, demanding an explanation, who, t o M r. by Mr. Allen an Mr. Morgan accompanied r went on Monday t o t h e General Post-Office, and ex I ' _ pI.. tuned the circum stances to Mr. Peacock and M Freeling. This Mr. Gentleman strongly censured M J ' . ones for havlng pent such a destructive powder through the p os t. West brook is gradually l but slowly roc , 'rinz. over FASUIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. WINDSOR, OCT. 19.—Yesterday afternoon Field Marshal Lord Beresford arrived at the Royal Lodge, on a visit to his MAJESTY, and had the honour of dining and !gassing the evening with his MAJESTY ; as also had Lord and Lady Maryborough, by in vitation. His MAJESTY enjoys excellent health. This dtty, the weather being rather unfavourable, his MAJESTY did not take his usual exercise. Sir Henry Halford, Dr. Macmichael, Mr. IVlaogre gor, and Mr. Simpson, visited the Duke of York yes terday. His Royal Highness was engaged yesterday transacting business with Sir J. Beckett, Judge-Acr vocate-General, and with different military gentlemen. Mr. Waring, the King's Messenger, was sent off on Tuesday evening from the Foreign Office to Paris, with despatches for Mr. Secretary Canning. The Chevalier de Los Rios, the Spanish Minister, transacted business on Wednesday afternoon at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Downing-street. The Duke of Wellington paid a visit on Tuesday to the Duke of York, at the residence of the Duke of Rutland in Arlington-street. Sir Herbert Taylor transacted business on Wednesday morning, previous to holding a Levee, as Military Secretary to the Com mander-in-Chief, at his Office in the Horse Guards. Sir Henry Torrens, Adjutant-General, and Sir Ri chard Jackson, Deputy-Quartermaster-General, also transacted official business with the Royal Duke. Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, and Colonel Cawthorne, are now the Fathers of the House of. Commons, hav ing both come into Parliament in the year 1780. Lady. Cochrane left Geneva on the 11th instant for Italy. Her Ladyship will thence embark for Greece, where she is to join her husband. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S.—(Tuts DAY.) . NAL, OCT. 19.—Wind E.—Arrived and sallee, the Edward, Aldridge, from Quebec, for Loudon ; and the Breail packet, front London, for Trieste. PORTIIIOIITX, OCT. 19.—Wind E.S.E. , —Saileil his Majesty's ship Philomel, for Malta. FALMOUTH, OCT. lB.—Wind £. to E.S.E.—Sailed the Al. bion, Wild, for Vera Crux ; and Lima, Knox, for the Cape. Several of the outward bound are preparing to sail. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Wind E.—Sailed the Dove, Mitchell, for Teueriffe; the Mary, for Prince Edward's Island ; and the Eagle, Hussy, for Leghorn. COWIII, Ocr. 19.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Hyperion, Gay, from New York, 'on the 26th Sept., experienced a heavy gale of wind, and lost sails, bulwarks, &c. GRAMIZI4D, OCT. 19.—Arrived the Hawkeabury, Brigge, from Quebec ; the Corniest% Smith, from Quebec ; the Arethusa, Davison, from Memel ; the Alfred, Angelo, from Dantsic. Stalled, the Underwood, Renunineen, for Demerara; the Melvin*, Wil son, for Hamburgh ; the Ricardo, Ileseltine, for St. Petersburgh the Maria, Wilson, for Batavia; and Cato, Williams, for Sierra Leone. Liviarout., OCT. I B.—Arrived the Atalanta, Greenwood, front Dantsic ; the June, Longbottom, from Si, John's„ New Brunswick ; and Hannibal, from dittO. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER ItEETTIiO. • WIMNRIIIDAT, OCT. 18., Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. T.T.C. Mr. Alolouy's c. Vivian Grey 1 Gen. Grosvenor's ch. f. Spite Two paid. -6 to 4 agst Yivian*Grey. The Oatlands Stakes; of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft. Rail. The Duke of Grafton, Mr. Oreille, and Lord A.nsott divided the furfeitr --Simm paid. TAI USAWAY. MaTeit.—Duke of Grafton', ch. e. Goshawk beak Lord Exe ter'. Tirailleur, Hat. alb. D.M. 200, h. ft.-2 to lon Goshawk. Handicap Sweepstake* of 10 sour. each. T.Y.G. Mr. llegers's M u l eteer Lord Wharneliff e ' s Scandal Lord Exeter's Pal a is R oya l it ' MatcH.—Lord Easter's Recruit, Bat. 21b. beat the Duke of Grafton's Panl Jones, Bst. 91b. D.M. 200.-2 to I eget Recruit. Handicap Plate of 1001. A.F. Lord G. H. Cavendish's b. h. Bizarre I Lord Anion's b. h. Sligo '. 2 Mr. Stephenson's br. h. Logie ....... ....... ... Eight started.-7 to 4 agst Bizarre-9 to :...4 sli o. . -a- Ma'rcel.—Mr. Payue's e. by Holykoek, %I. 111 b. beat M. Greville's Fawn, 9st. 41b. T. Y.C. 100..-4 to 4 eget the wi uk „. The Town Plate of 604 T.M.M. Mr. Pettit's br. f. Rigrnaroh Mr. Stephenson's br. li. Logi c Mr. Dilly's b. c. Weinil ik Eight started.-6 to 4 amt Rigmarole--6 to 1 agat Logic, Marcu.—Lord Exeter's Redgauntlet, 9st. 71b. boat the Duke of Grafton's Chlorin s Gat. 71b. T. Y.C. 200 h. ft. —.7 ha 4 ott Redgauntlet. , Sweepstakes of 100 son. each, h. ft. Mr. Greville's bl. c. by 'Whalebone ........„ Duke of Grafton's ch. c . N orman ....... V Mr. Thornhill's c. The General ..... .... Mz.rot.—Duke of Rutl an d' s Adelila, 81411 b. rec. 150 f rom Lord Orford's Orion, B a t. 91h. D.M. 2QO. HOLYWELL OAT. 17. The Taffy Stakes of 25 son. One mile and three-quarters. Col. Yates named b. c. Paul Pry Mr. klytton'a b. e. 1 3Awsprit . The Chieftain St a k es of 511 wove. each, h. ft. The Alostyis Sir T. Moetyn'a c. St. David Sir T. S. M. Stanley's ch. e. by Timis* 2 A Sweepstake& of 50 sous. each, h. ft. The last half tulle. Mr. Grosvenor's b. it. Gros de Myles 1 Sir. Alytton's Harriette 'Wilson Sir Thomas klo4tyn's eh. I. Bodloudeb ......• Col. Yates named br. c. Sharpshooter a The Alostyn Stakes of 10 Dors. each. The Alostytt Mr. E. Mostyn Lloyd named Brutandorf Sir. Stanley named b. m. Arachne Lord Belgrave named Rhapsody Sir T. S. M. Stanley's hr. c. Dr. PanstuS... .. 0 A Produce Stakes of 60 s o y * . each, h. ft, Two mites, Mr. E. G. St an l ey ' s e h . e. by Sir T. Mosty n ' s b. e . St. David ..... Bittcluer ________.. m ........... THE MARET& ---............... CORN-EXctIANGE..--(Titts Datr). .' The supplies of ill P. of Grain this week are tolerabli Peil• Prime Wheat 6 ae"..rce, and rather inclinable to au adv3arty other sorts remain as ni Monday. In Barley, Beans, Pcvw, and " at ! , no alteration% There is a fair trade for Flour. r .ur ' A"lv itit °at ' . 8 dtlo eis I en lish . M eat ' 3 . l r i a, 'Zen, , 4 ~ I A . .............. , qrs. , 15,500 ...... torbign . ;000 Is9__ ......_..._..::::=.:::....._ dull, , SMITH FIELD hi .it ll KS T' Tuts DAY 4 - , , „ O wl , var i a ti on f rom t h ose o f l i b u d aY• 4 his day's Im o of B e ast. wait outnerotia for that o f a rrtasy, hut in pric e s lift* and in great part of flliddlit* 11,11 d inferior qu a lity ; that of each, kind of mull stock ratlow short. The trade throughout was vary- LIM 0 TRICE* MI s l / 4 " t 4 ' T 81 8 i TllB 0,1434. d o c d. • 4 V. to 4. 4 # i a t ald L 1 b 4 ' . 4 0 4 * Inferior 1teut5..t...,,..." . "s 4 3 8 P 4 ' rg° 1 1 Se two SW. 4440 rood quAltzfm`''''''. 4 0 4 4 Vie runtnis Calves 4 0 4 4 Prime litrav J*,,r";`;',.. 4015 0 1 8118 , 081811 ditto 4Il s le' !'rime 5c 014 ,,,, 7,,'',',',,,,,. 3V 3 4 14trge flogs ''' 4ii 4 4 r...t e "Viadato , ,., 8 3JO inuti Norkbra. ... . ..-- ',„„,.." - ,..00110.1 (low ... 4 0 4 4 Suckling Coye.„„ ~,,,, to 4 114 ...). ~-- " '".1.704ren Wethere . 4 4 di 6 Quarter oid Pigs ..104. to Ind mud 7 ."‘"— As tvarrel 404 Y th l ol like 0 g ood Slik.B COW either ' -- 1180 w er in Ninittt4 10.0ay or At I* listen yeetereloY. *AI earn , ", As 141 et, I Sheep sad Lunt*. 000) I _ Baagits, trAtindlutv. Cakeic, it net ___, NEIVOATE AND URA DENtIA LL RlARtirrt At lots stone, by thy eareas i , ~, s. it. to sot. M. d twi Om! .......... 3 0 4 V Veal ~..... $ e 1 .. ............. 1, ..0 kluttou s . 4 0 4 0 Pork Lititait ............ is. thi d.l. g 1.4 "" ' 4 3 t